ExtinctZoo
Your one stop shop for all things dinosaurs, paleontology and extinct animals. Kickback, relax and learn all about the amazing creatures that once existed - welcome to the digsite!
Episodes
Putting Cheetahs In Australia
Maybe Cheetahs will get a kick out of living in Australia...and I mean that literally.
Every Time Something Has Evolved Into A Snake
Carcinization is so 2025, say hello to Serpentization, the phenomenon in which non-snake animals keep turning into danger noodles.
Every Creature That Lives In And On You
Meet all the friends you've always had, but never knew you had!
Pangea Never Got Deadlier Than This
Pangea was never really a safe place to begin with, but this one moment, jeez lemme tell ya...
The Extinct Animals That Never Were
These animals took being extinct a little too far...
Prehistoric Human Deaths That Make Stubbing Your Toe Seem Pleasurable
After watching this video, you'll thank your furniture for stubbing your toe!
The Insane Science Of Electric Eels
Spiderman wasn't so off with eels turning you superhuman after all...
When Amphibians Were Apex Predators
Kermit has a dark dark past....
The Science Behind What Happens When A Whale Swallows You
Whale's may be the gentle giants of the oceans, but if one accidentally swallows you, it ain't gonna feel too gentle.
Earth's Scariest Flying Predators From Each Period
Look out Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, y'all got some competition
When The Sahara Was A Jungle
The Sahara might just be the harshest (hot) desert on Earth today. But just a few thousand years ago, it was a lush green paradise filled with lakes, rivers, savannas, and massive herds of wildlife.
The Most Isolated Ecosystem On The Entire Planet
The greatest time capsule ever made, came from mother nature's own hands.
How Boring Was The Boring Billion Really?
Do you ever find yourself wondering what your 70 millionth great-grandfather, Slime Sr. would think of you?
This Channel May Not Exist In 2 Years (Update)
To some this thumbnail may seem familiar, to others it may be brand new. A few weeks ago, we launched our patreon along with this video, sadly less than a week into our patreon journey, our account was temporarily taken down due to some....reasons you will hear about in the video. But we are back now, and that is all that matters! Please consider supporting us!
Why 99% Of Animals Are Symmetrical (And Why 1% Aren't)
Coming to a looksmaxer near you...
I Simulated What The K-T Extinction Would Have Felt Like In Real Time
How can a world go from wonderous giant reptiles, and sprawling forests to a desolate wasteland in just 24 hours? Find out hereeeee
Tasmanian Devil: The Animal Going Extinct Because Of Cancer
Turns out Looney Tunes was missing a few things...
Earth's Deadliest Predator From Every Single Period
RUN.
The Ocean Has An Amazon, And It's Insane
Subnautica, its a pretty cool game with a pretty cool ecosystem, and it can make one wish that space travel was a real thing, allowing you to visit such places. Yet, don't fret, because in the meantime there's actually a few real places on earth that rival it in wonder.
Would A T. Rex Survive Middle Earth?
Can they?
America Might Soon Have A New Big Cat Species
Watch out mountain lions, there's a new cat in town
The Triassic Was Earth's Strangest Period By Far
Everyone has that certain time in their life, where they are just trying things out and experimenting, and perhaps those things are not exactly the most logical or flattering. And just like how we have these phases, earth has had them too, with one of its phase being so strange it single handedly created a plethora of the strangest creatures to ever walk, swim, or fly on this earth.
The Deadliest Sea Animal From Every Single Period
The oceans and seas of earth have long been home to some of the most nightmarish creatures, and when you include every aquatic animal ever, the list of thalassophobia inducing animals is pretty long, which made me wonder, what just was the deadliest sea animal from each of earth’s periods?
Skull Island Was Based On A Real Place
King Kong may be rooted more in reality than you would thunk.
The Strangest Fossils Discovered Beneath The Earth
Caves kinda freak me out, so I am glad other people are brave enough to explore them leading to some pretty metal discoveries over the years.
When Prey Became Scarier Than Predators
We always talk about the big bad predators of old, namely carnivorous dinosaurs, but we don't give enough flowers to the herbivorous dinosaurs that went far and beyond the norm, to turn into killing machines of their own (in a sense).
Why All Roads Lead To Crab
Crabs, It's always been crabs....
When Earth Got Microwaved
You probably think the age of mammals is all cold and grey right? I mean we are in an ice age and all. Yet, this belief would be FOOLISH, cuz guess what, it was actually during the age of mammals, that earth experienced once of its hottest moments ever.
How Close Were Dinosaurs To A Stone Age?
THEY OOGA BOOGA NOW?
The Most Dangerous Rabid Animal To Exist
Rabies in animals is always scary, but a rabid wolf is a whole other ball game, so much so that its often been dubbed the deadliest kind of rabid animal...let me explain.
Prehistoric Animals That Make No Sense
Ever wondered what you'd get if you combined a Gorilla with a Horse? No? Well evolution has and over the years it has created hybrids of sorts, prehistoric animals that seem to have been straight mash ups of various creatures.
Piranhas: The Animal That Just Doesn't Make Sense
Terrifying, blood thirsty, lethal. These are just some ways I am sure many people describe piranhas, who over the years have built a pretty respectable reputation built off fear, yet in reality, these guys are much more chill and crazy in other ways than we've been led to believe.
Ice Age America Was Basically Africa On Steroids
If you think about Ice Age America, you may picture a bunch of snow, ice, and cavemen. However, that would be wrong, and you would be much closer to reality if you simply pictured, an unlikely place, the great plains of Africa, as that is what America essentially was during the Ice Age, only it was a whole lot crazier.
When The Sauropods Just…Stopped
Once upon a time, the largest animals to ever walk were in the height of their golden age, but then rather suddenly they vanished, just like that. Why?
The Only Humans Left Living In The Stone Age
60,000 years of isolation and one island...
The Biggest Land Mammal To Ever Live
There's a new king in these parts...and it ain't a dinosaur.
The Shark Deadlier Than Jaws
Great white, tiger shark, and bull shark. These three are what many consider to be the deadliest shark out there, to humans. However, there is a relatively unknown shark, that might be responsible for far more deaths than the big 3 combined...
When Dinosaurs Almost Made A Comeback
If you ask the average person when the dinosaurs rule ended, they would say 66 million years ago when that big ol mean asteroid struck. But in truth, this may not really be all that right...seeing that not so long after their demise a new group of dinosaurs emerged, that caused their own share of terror (pun intended).
The Largest Savanna On Earth Is Not In Africa
Brazil’s Cerrado might be the stranger, wilder, and more overlooked savanna hiding in plain sight.
The Largest Lake To Ever Exist
The great lakes are probably the most famous group of lakes in the entire world, named for their...well great size. And yet these guys are tiny compared to an ancient lake that used to exist, that wasn't just bigger than them each, but also bigger then all of them combined (80 times over).
These Giants Were Alive Just 300 Years Ago
Earth used to be packed with giants, and somehow, in just the last few centuries, humans still managed to delete a shocking number of them.
What Actually Lives At The Bottom Of The Ocean
The lower you go, the only weirder things become...
Dinosaur "Myths" That Are True
Prepare to have your mind blown by the absurdities that were the dinosaurs.
The Largest Bird To Ever Fly
Dinosaurs are well known for being absolute units, so it may not come as too much of a surprise, that the largest animal to fly that was not a pterosaur, happened to be a dinosaur, go figure.
Bees Have Unlocked Meat Honey...
ewwwwwwwwwww
How Crocodiles Survived The Ice Age
How Crocodiles Survived The Ice Age
Why Animals Are White In The Arctic But Black In Antarctica
If convergent evolution has taught us anything, its that some designs work over and over again, which is why its a bit strange that two places, the Arctic and Antarctic that are both known for being endless cold, have animals that look very different, right?
This Was The Spinosaurus's Real Opps
The T. Rex was the sworn enemy of the Spinosaurus, we all know this of course. The only thing is... it wasn't, and the two never even met, being separated by both time and place. BUT, there was a giant predator that did live alongside the Spinosaurus and definitely gave it a run for its money...
Humans vs Neanderthals In The Olympics
Neanderthals, we just can't get enough of them, and I am sure some of you have wondered what it would be like if these guys suddenly came back to life, but what about if they came back and then participated in the Olympics?
The Worst Animals To Be Born A Dude
You know that term, Saturdays are for the boys? Well in nature, for some animals, it turns out that no day is for the boys, just 100% suckiness.
When The Earth Went Full Subnautica
The moment when you realize subnautica is basically Earth's prehistoric past :O
The Himalayas Used To Be Very Strange
If you think scaling the himalayas is crazy now, just wait until you hear how it used to be...
When Antarctica Was A Jungle
Antarctica now, can seem a bit bleak, I mean its mainly a lotta of ice, on top of ice, on top of ya know. However, it wasn't always like that, and really Antarctica has one of the wildest timelines out there. And at some point that timeline hit peak chaos, and that was this point...
Prehistoric Creatures You're Glad Are Extinct
When we think of the prehistoric times, we often imagine the giant ferocious animals that stomped around. And don't get me wrong, the giants are cool and all, but one shouldn't forget that terrors can call in small packages too...
Prehistoric Russia Absolutely Sucked
In Soviet Russia, Bear Hunts You. In Permian Russia, Bear Is Screwed.
The Largest Animals You've Never Heard Of
Whenever you watch a documentary about prehistoric life, you expect to see some giants. However, have you ever noticed that the giants your shown, are more or less always the same ones? Well, today your gonna learn about the giants that they don't show you.
The Strangest Human Discoveries We Can’t Explain
Giant balls, great jars, and prehistoric doodles? Confused by this? You should be, but clickity here and let me explain my child.
The Apocalypse That Turned Dinosaurs Into Monsters
Enough of this dinosaur - space rock slander, I'll have you know the dinosaurs survived plentyyy of apocalyptic events.
When You Trap A Fish In A Cave, This Happens
If Finding Nemo was on hard mode
The Largest Flood Ever That Actually Happened
Don't you just hate it when the Mediterranean Sea dries up, and then proceeds to have a water explosion on a scale never seen before? Yeah me too...
T. Rex Had A Rival And Nobody Knows About It
Move over T. rex, mister drippy is coming through
When Summer Lasted For 10,000,000 Years
Most people would take a sunny-blue day after a rainy-gloomy one any day of the week. Yet, after watching this video, you might just change your mind on that.
What Happened When Two Continents Collided
You ever play one of those games, where you can pit animals you shouldn't in a battle royale to see what happens? Well turns out that mother nature once played that game...with interesting results.
The Most Brutal Prehistoric Injuries Ever Survived
To you and me, these wounds are fatal, but to prehistoric animals that were simply built diff, it wasn't anything but a flesh wound.
Why Water Dinosaurs Never Happened
A man can dream...
What Happened When It Rained For Millions Of Years
A bit of rain here and there is no biggie, and actually kind of cozy. Now over a million years of rain on the other hand... then things start getting a bit crazy.
The Most Terrifying Discoveries Made By Archeologists
Love your neighbor is apparently a saying that didn’t get around in ancient times, as we humans did some pretty messed up things to our own kind back in the day.
The Only Marine Mammals That No Longer Exist
Marine mammals are all around us, whales, seals, manatees, the list goes on and these lot have been a staple of the earth for tens of millions of years. However, it turns out that there used to actually be even more of these guys, as there is one (and only one) marine mammal order that no longer lives, and you probably have never even heard of it.
Prehistoric Animals Preserved So Well They Look Like Roadkill
You ever day dream of what it would be like to travel back in time and see exactly what prehistoric animals looked like? Well me too, and unfortunately I doubt that will happen, BUT we do have some pretty darn amazing specimens that have helped bring the past to us.
Titanoboa Wasn't The Largest Snake Ever... This Was
We all know that the Titanoboa was the king of snakes and largest to ever live...but was it really? Lemme introduce you to the new King...
When The Amazon Was A Mega Lake
You’d never want to get lost in the Amazon, BUT you really really would not want to get lost in the Prehistoric Amazon, as it was a giant cesspit of absolute nopeness.
What Earth Was Like After The Worst Extinction
Present day Earth might not always be the easiest place to live in, but let's just say, be glad you don't live during the Induan...
This Cat Is Evolving Into A Fish
You know the story, cats hate water, but this is really a great lie that has been pushed onto you, as in Asia, there is one cat species that has not only evolved to like water, but essentially live in it...Hey all, if you want to help out this little catfish, consider checking out some of the following projects/groups:fishingcats.lk (local group in Sri Lanka)fishingcat.org (group that supports pro
The Fossils That Shouldn't Exist
Didn't have two headed marine reptiles and dinosaur mummies on your bingo card, did ya?
All 5 Types Of Sabertooths Explained
Step aside Vampires, your teeth are no match for the sabertoothed...cats. But did you know the cats weren't the only ones to evolve saber-teeth? Nor were they even the first...
The Scariest Dinosaur You've Never Heard Of
When it comes to dinosaurs, bigger always means scarier right? No, and not even close, as this one family of theropod has proved, who might just be just about the worst group of dinosaurs you could ever fathom getting snatched by.If this episode gives you a sense of dejavu, it's because this is a modernized, improved version of an older episode. Enjoy :)
Why Islands Turn Animals Into Giants
Turns out that skull island really isn't that far fetched...
The Sunken Continents That History Forgot About
Turns out the story of Atlantis is more realistic than you once thoughtIf you want to support the podcast consider checking out my merch :) https://store.extinctzoo.org/
Fossa: The Apex Predator Nobody Knows About
They too like to move it, move it
If Jaws Had Been A Crocodile
Du du du du du
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